Friday, July 20, 2012

33 "Mobile Payment" News Stories for July 20th, 2012


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                                                 26 new results for "Mobile Payment"
CBN moves to enhance mobile payment system
BusinessDay
Determined to instill confidence in the Nigerian payment system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is currently collaborating with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) to provide insurance cover for the mobile payments in the country.
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BusinessDay
i2c's Payments Platform Now Servicing Consumers in 216 Countries & Territories
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
MCP is a global payment processing platform from which companies can launch and manage card-based, virtual and mobile payment products. "Getting to market quickly and utilizing a processing platform similar to i2c's which has a range of loyalty, rewards ...
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NCR joins growing list of mobile payment operators
SlashGear
You might not recognize the name NCR, but chances are you've interacted with some of its products. In fact, chances are you do so on a daily basis. It manufactures millions of point-of-sale terminals that are used at retail stores as well as barcode scanners, ...
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SlashGear
PayPal to Reach $10 Billion in Mobile Payment Transactions for 2012
Mobile Marketing Watch
On Thursday, David Marcus, President of PayPal, posted on the official PayPal Blog that he anticipates the company to handle $10 billion in transacted mobile payment volume this year. If you're keeping score, that's an increase of about 150 percent in just the ...
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Mobile Marketing Watch
CBN, NDIC Plan Insurance Cover for Mobile Banking
AllAfrica.com
CBN Assistant Director, Banking and Payment System, Samson Agboola, who made this known in Akure yesterday, said the two regulators were considering a trustee arrangement for the 15 mobile payment companies already granted licenses by the CBN ...
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Debt woe is just a click away
Herald Sun
HOW MOBILE PAYMENT APPS WORK. GOOGLE Wallet converts Android mobile phones into credit cards, allowing consumers to make payments to merchants and transfer funds to other people. Consumers simply wave their smartphone near a merchant's ...
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EBay Thrives on Mobile Shoppers
Morningstar.com
However, management's updated outlook for $10 billion in mobile gross merchandise volume transacted and $10 billion in mobile payment volume processed in 2012--a notable increase from the $8 billion and $7 billion forecast earlier in the year and more ...
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CBN, NDIC to Insure Mobile Money Subscribers
THISDAY Live
"As you know, the pay mobile money subscribers store in their phones is not owned by the mobile payment operators, so we want to insure it so that if anything happens to any of the firms offering the service, nothing will happen to their customers' money," he ...
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eBay Continues to Benefit From Mobile Growth
Minyanville.com
eBay announced the acquisition of card.io, a company that provides mobile payment technology, on Tuesday. eBay's Marketplaces division had its best quarter in six years, generating $1.81 billion of revenue over the quarter, 9% more than it did in the same ...
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Mobile becomes popular for payment
eWAY AU eCommerce News
Although it is already popular for digital shoppers to pay electronically when buying from an online store, the popularity of mobile payment solutions is on the rise, prompting more sellers to invest in mobile payment technology. News.com.au reported many ...
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Mobile POS system outfits food trucks
ZDNet
Revel System CEO Lisa Falzone said the company put together the system after restaurants and food delivery organizations complained of limited mobile payment options for food trucks, which are profilerating across the United States. The solution even ...
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ZDNet
An Update on Mobile Technology in Development: Part II
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Using the Internet and mobile payment systems, the nonprofit Zidisha is an online platform through which entrepreneurs in the developing world (mostly in Kenya and Senegal) can obtain business loans from donors (mostly in developed countries). Zidisha's ...
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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Nigeria: E-Tranzact CEO Suggests Improved Awareness On Cashless Policy
Ventures Africa
He said this at a mobile payment forum, a seminar/exhibition organised by eTranzact in Lagos. He noted the imbalance in attention that is currently given to infrastructural development while awareness is not getting a much deserved attention from the ...
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Ventures Africa
PayPal expects mobile payments to more than double
Mobile Payments Today
Donahoe said the company's PayPal division expects to handle $10 billion in transacted mobile payment volume in 2012. That's an increase of 150 percent over last year's figure. Along with online mobile payments, 15 retailers were added to PayPal's offline, ...
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Mobile now reaches 75% of world population
Computer Business Review
... has deployed over 20 applications and facilitated more than 3 million interactions between the government and citizens since its launch in December 2010. Kenya, for example, has emerged as a leader in mobile payment systems, such as M-PESA. Share ...
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CreditCardProcessingAdvice.com Believes Smartphones Will Replace Credit ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
SAN DIEGO, CA, July 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Internet & American Life Project at the Pew Research Center along with Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center recently conducted a study suggesting that mobile payment solutions will be ...
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Mobile fuels eBay growth
Warc
Turning to PayPal, Office Depot recently signed up to use its mobile payment services. Starbucks, the coffee house network, added similar tools to its Android app, and four high-street chains in the UK have begun using its in-app purchase system. "What we ...
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PayPal Here Australian Hands-On: Beating Square To The Punch Down Under
Gizmodo Australia
http://edge.alluremedia.com.au/m/g/2012/07/paypal.png. We've all been slowly waiting, wishing and hoping that Square, the mobile payment brainchild of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, would make it to Australia some day. If you can't wait any longer, maybe try ...
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smartphones give more power to shoppers study shows
Mozo.com.au
A new report released by Deloitte has suggested that the emergence of mobile payment systems has seen the balance of power shift from the retailer to the customer. Now, Aussies can essentially use their handsets as credit or debit cards and searching for ...
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BPC Banking Technologies gains foothold in Cambodia
Mobile Payments Today
Netherlands-based BPC Banking Technologies, a provider of Open System e-payment solutions for the global financial industry, today announced the signing of its first customer in Cambodia. Hattha Kaksekar Limited is the fourth largest microfinance ...
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There's a Camp for That
VICE
When you think of app designers, you probably imagine shaggy 25 year olds with an idea for a hyper-efficient mobile payment system burning in their hearts like a $1.75 Jesus candle. Ambitious, slightly insane college or post-college people will probably ...
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VICE
Forrester: How to build a security change plan
ComputerWeekly.com
Latest Headlines. Microsoft reveals 26 October launch for Windows 8 · PayPal buys mobile payment firm Card.io · M-commerce sees exponential growth of 356% · View All News. Featured. Computer Weekly. Computer Weekly is the leading provider of news, ...
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More Chinese Are Accessing The Internet On Their Phones
RedOrbit
In the first half of this year, more than 37 million of China's Internet users took advantage of a mobile payment option. The thought of more people getting online is a frightening one for the communist country, especially with the popularity of micro-blogging sites ...
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Sri Lanka domestic payments switch to cut transaction costs
Lanka Business Online
Phase two will see a mobile payment and Electronic Fund Transfer switch. In the final phase, the company hopes to deploy a common point-of-sale switch, Weerasooriya said. The company is investing its own money into the new system, using the revenue ...
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World Bank says 75% of Global Population has a Cell Phone
Daily Deal Media
Kenya's M-PESA mobile payment system has turned the country into a mobile development hub. Palestine's Souktel's JobMatch turned the average time a college graduate spent looking for employment from 12 weeks to one week, and raised wages by 50 ...
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Daily Deal Media
Despite a Loss, Nokia Reports a Windows-Based Lift
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Windows Phone 8, Mr. Elop said, will include new features like mobile payment software based on near-field communication, a short-range wireless technology, and enhanced security features. During a conference call with analysts, Mr. Elop said he did not ...
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Blogs5 new results for "Mobile Payment"
European banks need to look beyond basic mobile services: Forrester
By Chantal Tode
... payments — from PayPass contactless payments at an in-store point of sale to Facebook payments," he said. "In the process, the bank is teaching its customers that if they want to make a mobile payment, they should use the bank's app." ...
Mobile Commerce Daily
DAP Poll Results | Mobile Phone Blog
By Chris Helsby
Since mobile payment services are barely beyond the trial stage at present there is no absolute standard for the way in which the system works. However, consensus seems to be that the best application will see an app downloaded to ...
Mobile Phone Blog
What does Loyalty look like on mobile?
By oliverarscott
I think the most important one to mention and keep mentioning is the Starbucks App. It mixes intuitive and engaging design with a well thought out reward scheme and a fantastic example of mobile-payment. Users are made to feel special and ...
Mobilise
'You will reach market saturation if you limit your expectations' – The ...
By Stephen
Banks and governments need to open up and allow developers to create mobile payment products that are seamless for customers. For some reason they are still making it difficult. We need to give freedom to payment gateway developers, ...
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46 PAYPAL Alternatives
By coy
41 https://www.paxum.com/payment/index....iews/index.xsl 42 Obopay - Merchants. 43 https://www.popmoney.com/ 44 ZashPay Home: transfer money, mobile payment 45 https://venmo.com/ 46 Paymate - Online payment service - sell online, ...
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Web2 new results for "Mobile Payment"
myTaxi releases first direct mobile payment solution in Germany ...
Hamburg-based myTaxi yesterday released the first mobile payment service for taxis in Germany.
venturevillage.eu/mytaxi-payment-release
G&D reveal German mobile payment sticker :: Radio-Electronics.com
Technology developer, Giesecke & Devrient, has unveiled what it claims is the first mobile payment sticker to meet Germany's banking specifications. Users can ...
www.radio-electronics.com/.../gd-reveal-german-mobile-paym...

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